Tunnelling and Tunnel Mechanics A Rational Approach to Tunnelling /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kolymbas, Dimitrios. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28500-8
Table of Contents:
  • Design
  • Installations in tunnels
  • Investigation and description of the ground
  • Heading
  • Support
  • Grouting and freezing
  • The New Austrian Tunnelling Method
  • Management of groundwater
  • Application of compressed air
  • Subaqueous tunnels
  • Shafts
  • Safety during construction
  • Tunnelling Mechanics
  • Behaviour of soil and rock
  • Stress and deformation fields around a deep circular tunnel
  • Supporting action of anchors/bolts
  • Some approximate solutions for shallow tunnels
  • Stability of the excavation face
  • Earthquake effects on tunnels
  • Settlement of the surface
  • Stability problems in tunnelling
  • Monitoring
  • Numerical analysis of tunnels.